Shout out to Rockin Robbins

[cwelt]

You sir.. do NOT get enough praise for your hard work helping all the newcomers learn the ropes in this amazing sim. I can remember two years ago (still have the PM's) all the work you did to help me understand the game and even after 1 year away, I re-opened the PM's and picked up right where I left off. And after watching your video on the Dick O'Kane method, I tried it last night on patrol for the first time and managed to hit the mark on all my torps. I can do manual but I was always intruiged by this method and finally got around to trying it and I love it. Now if only the escorts would stay away so I could set it up everytime..

Anyways, not intending to inflate your ego, but you sir have done a world of good on this forum and just wanted to give you a big hand! You have given this sim a whole new dimension to me and I am sure to many others!!

[Captainchaos]

Have to join in here also, i`m new to this game and have no clue about subs whatsoever.
I have spend the last couple of evenings watching the tutorials you have made and i really enjoyed them.
Thankyou for your hard work i feel much more confident of a hit now!

Playing 100% realistic from the off

[Radio]

May i join in?

I just managed my very first long-range hit (after several "close combat" hits) with the manual vector targeting method. It really changes the feeling of everything in the game knowing that you really worked for that hit, to know you deserve and earned that explosion and did not use any fancy arcade thingamabobs.

Thanks for all the tutorials!!!! You guys rock!

Here a quick list of lead angles for the MK14 at 46 knots. I wrote them down on a piece of paper after calculating them ingame with the NAV tools using the vector method described here :



enemy speed and the corresponding aiming bearing:

4knots 5°
5knots 6°
6knots 8°
7knots 9°
8knots 10°
9knots 11°
10knots 12°
11knots 14°
12knots 15°
13 knots 16°
14 knots 17°
15 knots 18°

[Wilcke]

I certainly also learn something new from RR, everytime he posts the latest find. He is a deep thinker this one. Truly, the more knowledge one has on the workings of this sim and then the history of the PTO the more enjoyment one gets. Really its a lot of bang for the buck and RR's consulting and video services are free!

Does not get much better than that! Go RR!

[Rockin Robbins]

Thank you folks, but I don't do it so you can tell me how great I am. I do it so YOU can brag about how good YOU are now! There's nothing I teach or do that's new. All of it comes from other people, the real submarine heroes of sixty-five years ago, gutted, aaronblood, Wazoo, (damn, I'm going to leave someone out), hitman, CapnScurvy, tale, WernerSobe, Rocks 'n Shoals, Legion, Nisgeis, countless newbies who asked the right question to send me down a road I wouldn't have traveled on my own, hey I'm out of credits but there are more.

I'm a giant RSS feed with a BIG MOUTH. The ideas come from everywhere. All I bring to the table is my big mouth and the willingness to use it.

He's also quite good at blowing up aircraft carriers...

[cwelt]

Originally Posted by Rockin Robbins

Thank you folks, but I don't do it so you can tell me how great I am. I do it so YOU can brag about how good YOU are now! There's nothing I teach or do that's new. All of it comes from other people, the real submarine heroes of sixty-five years ago, gutted, aaronblood, Wazoo, (damn, I'm going to leave someone out), hitman, CapnScurvy, tale, WernerSobe, Rocks 'n Shoals, Legion, Nisgeis, countless newbies who asked the right question to send me down a road I wouldn't have traveled on my own, hey I'm out of credits but there are more.

I'm a giant RSS feed with a BIG MOUTH. The ideas come from everywhere. All I bring to the table is my big mouth and the willingness to use it.

I know all to well you don't do it for any praise, but the countless number of people who know enjoy this game so much more due to your hard work, I just figured I would give you some kudo's! I know when I first got into this game 2 years ago I couldn't hit the broad side of the ocean... and you spent the time to go over things with me and really make sure I knew what I was doing. Most people just say "go read and practice" but you really took a hands on and it helped me out tremendously!! So anyways, just thanks for all you have done, and keep up the good work!

[Ducimus]

What I admire most about RR, is his penmanship. I wish my wordsmithing skills were as good as his.

[DT]

I just recently began my own SH4 obsession and I have to say, your videos/links helped me tremendously, RR. They took me from being completely hopeless and frustrated, to sneaking into the middle of convoys and sinking ships right under the escorts noses

Cheers, man! You're well appreciated around here.

[Onkel Neal]

Put me on this list, too. More than once RR has supplied an answer to my questions.

[Rockin Robbins]

And don't get me wrong: I love praise as much as the next guy, but it doesn't mean a thing if you aren't a better sub skipper than when you started. THAT's the important thing and I get a much bigger charge out of reading your war stories than in getting the kudos!

The biggest reward I get is the poor guy who posts that he's about to quit playing because the learning curve leans back over his head and there's just no way to make it work. Those guys make the most demented Silent Hunter addicts when they get with the program!

[DT]

Well, if it's a war story you want...

So there was the USS Grayling on its third patrol about 100 miles off the coast of Honshu when a radio message placed a convoy near our position moving at 9 knots. A few quick calculations to set up a basic bearing and intercept point for our target and off we go! Using the data gathered with sonar, I set up between two of the merchants, one at bow, one at aft, then submerged to about 120 feet and went silent to wait until they were within range.

Torpedoes set accordingly, I let the preferred target of the two come within range of my aft and let loose with three fish. In the meantime, I switched back to the bow target, did some quick adjustments to the TDC, and fired three more torps.

BOOM!

My aft torpedoes all hit their intended target and down it goes to Davy Jones' locker. Needless to say, the escorts aren't too happy about this and are already searching for me. They're out of luck though, because they're quite a ways away and I figure I have a bit of time until they spot me, so I leave the periscope up and re-focus on my bow target.

BOOM!

Seconds later all three bow torps hit their target, but it doesn't go down. Now, I could have just sat on the bottom and waited for it to come down on its own, but what's the fun in that? More explosions = more fun! More slight TDC adjustments, and away goes another torp.... and... you guessed it! Dud. Crap. Another torp directed at its MOT then, shall we?

Do I need to say it? Alright, since you insist:

BOOM!

And down it goes. Finally, eh? That @#$% made me waste two torps!

Down I go, silent and deep to escape the escorts before they even knew where I was in the first place. Mwahahaha!

Not an amazing feat all in all, but hey, not too bad for only a few days of practice! All made possible by RRs outstanding videos, and the Dick O'Kane method.

[The General]

This is why I am proud to be a part of this Community

[Kremmen]

Add me to that list.The first time I managed to hit a target in stormy seas using the sonar only technique....what a buzz,felt i was making progress as a skipper.
Hats off to RR indeed

[Rockin Robbins]

Originally Posted by DT

Do I need to say it? Alright, since you insist:

BOOM!

OOOOOOOO yeah!!!! THAT's the sound we've been waiting for!